Office of Academic Technology :: Spring Arbor University

Blackboard Update To Fix Some Issues

Technology Services recently completed testing and preparations for Blackboard’s latest upgrades. We will be taking the primary system offline to install these upgrades October 8, beginning at 2:30 AM Eastern time. The upgrade will last approximately three hours. As a result of the upgrade you can expect these improvements: Discussion forums can now be re-ordered by [...]

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Clear Formatting Tip for Font Issue

Some have come across an issue in Blackboard 9 where they go to edit information in an item and the font shrinks to a smaller size. Blackboard is aware of this bug and is working on it, but this is a brief tutorial on a work-around at the moment for removing the formatting so that this does not happen.

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Blackboard 9 Issues List

Blackboard Update to 9.0 Release Technology Services recently completed testing and preparations for Blackboard’s latest upgrades. We will be taking the primary system offline to install these upgrades October 8, beginning at 2:30 AM Eastern time. More Blackboard 9.0 Release Notes for Spring Arbor University Blackboard has released an all-new version of Blackboard Learn, previously known as the Blackboard [...]

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Blackboard 9 Course Menu Quick Tip

In this quick tip Blackboard 9 tutorial, you will be shown how to enable the folder view and toggle between the folder view, list view, displaying the course menu in a new window and using the refresh button within the course menu.

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Bb 9: Communicating with Students

Blackboard Learn™ offers a wide variety of communication tools allowing students and faculty to share information and communicate, either synchronously—in real-time—or asynchronously—not at the same time. This following resources provide a hands-on introduction to many of these tools, offering instructors ways to extend a sense of community beyond the traditional classroom. These tutorials will show you [...]

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Bb 9 Tour: Creating a Grade Center Column

This tutorial provides an introduction to the Grade Center tool.   You will become familiar with how grades will appear to your students.  Then you will learn how to navigate the Grade Center and customize it to suit your needs. Next, you will learn how to create columns to manage and calculate grades. Learn how to add [...]

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Bb 9 Tour: Creating Single Groups and Adding Users

In Blackboard Learn™, Groups can have their own Discussion Board, Blog, Journals, and live chats. Group members can exchange documents, send email to other group members, and distribute tasks to keep the group on track. Learn how to create single groups and add users.  Watch Tutorial Learn More Go deeper through an interactive workshop.  Access a comprehensive Blackboard [...]

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Bb 9 Tour: Adding Blogs

You will also be introduced to the Journals and Blogs tools, which can help you provide more meaningful assignment activities.  This tutorial will provide some quick context for how you can use the new blog tool.  Learn how to add blogs.  Watch Tutorial Learn More Go deeper through an interactive workshop.  Access a comprehensive Blackboard 9 Groups [...]

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Bb 9 Tour: Adding Tools to the Course Menu

You will will learn to use the Email and Messages tools to send messages to course members as well as adding different tools and utilities to your course.  Adding tours to the course menu.  Watch Tutorial Learn More Go deeper through an interactive workshop.  Access a comprehensive Blackboard 9 Getting Started  Tutorial

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Bb 9 Tutorial: Student Experience

We will begin this lesson by taking a brief look at online learning. Then we will look at Blackboard Learn™ from the perspective of a student. You will become familiar with the online course environment and learn how to access and navigate tools and content. In this learning object, you’ll discover how to use the home [...]

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